Friday, 23 May 2014

Marianne here with you today to show you how to create a colourful card using those scraps of paper which usually end up in the bin. I now keep a pile of the strips I think would be useful on my desk to use as a background.

1 Stamp the image using Memento Tuxedo Black ink or use the silhouette die cut.

2 Play around with the paper strips until you are happy with the arrangement. Don't cover the whole card blank and make the edges at different heights and widths. Attach to card blank and trim any overhanging pieces to shape of card blank.

Friday, 16 May 2014

Good morning - it's Helen N here with this week's blog project - a pop-up box card. I designed this card for my last Little Claire class - it's a very simple pop-up box card and my aim at the class was to show everyone the basic construction. It's easy to add more images and embellishments once you can make the box itself. This version folds down and will fit in a six inch square envelope.

I've taken lots of photos to show how the card fits together so you might want a cup of tea or coffee before you start reading!!

1. Using the piece of A4 card, with the longest side facing you,
score a piece of A4 card at 7cm, 14cm, 21cm and 28cm.Turn the card round and score at 7cm and then
cut at 15cm.You will be left with a
piece of card measuring 29.5cm by 15cm.

2. Next find the panels which measure 7cm
by 7cm and cut away the small end portion – this measures 7cm by 1.5cm.Cut from the top of these panels to the
middle score line.The piece of card you
are left with forms the base of the card box and will fold round and attach
using the remaining small flap.

You can see all the measurements and where to cut on the template below:

3. This is what your box should look like once you've cut away the end piece and cut from the top to the middle of the panels as described above. Fold the cut panels back as shown in the photo:

4. Put some red liner tape on the little flap of card left on the bottom of the card

5. Next assemble the box using the little tab to attach it together:

6. For the back of the box (the section
that is upright) cut an additional piece of card measuring 15cm by 7cm and
score at 7cm.Stick this to the outside
of your box.

7. To make the strut (the piece of card that goes across the box to support the image) to, cut a piece of card measuring 10.5cm by 2cm and score at 2cm one end and
1.5cm the other end.Fold this to a ‘Z’
shape:

8. Attach this to the inside of the box, near to the top of the box, using red liner tape:

9. Stamp the little boy outfit on to a piece of white card measuring 6cm by 5cm using the Memento ink. Stamp it a second time on a piece of the gingham paper:

10. Cut out the little shorts (with the top bit - not sure what the official name for it is!!) from the gingham paper. On the white card, colour in the coat hanger and the edges of the t-shirt sleeves:

11. Next glue the cut out shape on to the white card directly over the stamped image:

12. Mat the white card on to a piece of blue card measuring 6.5cm by 5.5cm and a piece of blue card measuring 7cm by 6cm. Attach this to the strut across the card using red liner tape. I stuck the panel towards the top of the strut so that as much as possible of the image will be visible:

13. Finally, decorate the rest of the card. I used panels of pale blue gingham paper. The panels on the base of the card measure 7.5cm by 6.5cm and the panels on the flaps 6.5cm by 6.5cm. On the front flap I used the main sentiment from the stamp set - stamped on a piece of white card measuring 5cm by 3.5cm and then matted on to a piece of blue card measuring 5.5cm by 4cm:

14. On the two side panels, I used the 'baby' stamp from the 'Dictionary Definitions' set stamped on white card and then cut out:

15. Once you've finished, your card will fold down like this to go in the envelope:

So, here's the final card again:

and this is another version I made using the same basic construction and 'The Smile I Bring' stamp set:

Thursday, 15 May 2014

...from a sunny day at Wrexham yesterday where we ran a class for our lovely Welsh ladies, it was great to see everyone and some new faces too!

We spent the morning making cards, drinking tea and eating cream cakes - not bad, thank you to everyone for making us feel so welcome and for having us and we do hope you enjoyed your makes - all the cards made were designed by Helen N and here is one of the makes from yesterday:

This card was made with our Book Owl stamp and a Postcard greeting from our set of Postcard stamps, and here's a photo that Steve took of us all yesterday:

Hard at work - having fun

This Sunday 18 May you can find us at the Papercraft Show, Newark Showground, Newark.

And our next classes are scheduled for Saturday 21 June, Irby, Wirral, click here for more details.

Tuesday, 13 May 2014

... the cards we made at our day of classes a couple of Saturdays ago:

We ran two classes running all day with Helen N and Doreen two of our tutors, Doreen came and showed everyone how to achieve the great results with inks that we love so much and here's a selection of what our ladies made:

and Helen N ran a great class called 'Cute to Vintage' here's a small selection of her makes:

designed by Helen N

a baby box card for cute and a gorgeous brown/cream card for vintage:

designed by Helen N

We had a great day, drank our way through lots of tea/coffee and ate our way through countless mini rolls (you've got to :) and tomorrow we are off to see our lovely Wrexham ladies for a morning class, which is always a delight - happy days.

Our next classes are planned for Saturday June 21 take a look here for more details.

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